US-wanted terrorism suspect runs for UK Parliament

LONDON, Wednesday (Reuters) A British terrorism suspect jailed while fighting extradition to the United States will stand for parliament in next month's British election from his prison cell, the political party backing him said on Wednesday.

Computer expert Babar Ahmad, 30, has been indicted in the United States for running a Web site that raised funds for Muslim militants in Afghanistan and Chechnya.

"There is no prohibition against someone on remand (pre-trial detention) standing in parliament," film actor Corin Redgrave, who founded the Peace and Progress party with Oscar-winning sister Vanessa, told Reuters.

"He will be a very popular candidate. There is a deep-seated sense of injustice in this country about what happened in Guantanamo."

Peace and Progress is also fielding Azmat Begg, father of a former detainee at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a candidate in the May 5 election.